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The Senate on Sunday night took the first step toward ending the longest shutdown in American history, after a group of Democrats broke their party’s blockade and voted with Republicans to advance legislation to reopen the government.  The core of the compromise that moved ahead on Sunday is a spending package that came out of…

The Senate will reconvene at noon, according to a notice from Majority Whip John Barrasso’s (R-Wyoming) office, but no time is currently set for the vote on the House-passed CR to reopen the government.  The notice said only that “roll call votes are expected during Friday’s session of the Senate.”  Democratic support for a potential…

House Republicans just released text for a stopgap bill that funds the government at current levels through November 21st and boosts security funding for public officials.  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said the House plans to vote “by Friday” on the measure, saying it “will keep the government funded and operating at current levels while we…

While the House is now in recess until Tuesday, September 2nd, the Senate will wrap up its week by taking up Confirmation of Executive Calendar #131 Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, Confirmation Executive Calendar #87 Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer- Department of Veterans Affairs…

President Donald J. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would add $2.4 trillion to the nation’s deficit over roughly the next decade, a new cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released today shows.  The agency estimated the proposed tax cuts in the plan — which seek to lock in expiring provisions in President Trump’s signature…

Both the House and Senate are back in session today at the same time since the second week of July.  While much has happened since then, both chambers will spend this week and next week trying to wrap up legislative work prior to the August recess which begins next Friday, August 2nd. On the Senate…

Key Senate and House negotiators unveiled a long-awaited bill Monday to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (TEXT; SECTION BY SECTION) for the next five years, a major must-pass item ahead of the May 10th deadline.  The deal would boost funding intended to avert close-call collisions on runways, improve air traffic controller staffing, maintain the current…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) reiterated after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this morning that any aid for Ukraine must be coupled with border security.  The statement comes even as a bipartisan group in the Senate has struggled to come to a consensus on border security, a reality that is preventing the United States…

Both the House and Senate are in session today with less than two weeks to go before the August recess.  The Senate is expected to reconvene at 3:00 P.M. and will take up the nomination of Rachel Bloomekatz to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit and the will then move on to…

With a final vote of 314-117, H.R.3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act, to raise the debt ceiling overwhelmingly passed the House last night with under two-thirds of the Republican conference voting for it and more Democrats voting for the bill than GOP lawmakers.  After Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) failed to secure the necessary Republican votes to pass…